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SHATZMAN | Epstein’s Eye For Talent

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On Nov. 25, 2002, the Boston Red Sox hired 28-year-old Theo Epstein as general manager. The young man who had lived in New England for much of his life — he grew up in Brookline and graduated from Yale University, where he was the sports editor for the Yale Daily News — was the youngest G.M. in baseball history. The last time the Red Sox had won the World Series before Epstein was hired, the season was cut short because of World War I. That was 1918. The next eight decades became a nightmare for Sox fans.

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LEWIS | Sports Rituals And Superstitions

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By SHANE LEWIS

The Chicago Cubs are one step closer to capturing their first World Series title since 1908, after belting the St. Louis Cardinals with home run after home run in the NLDS. Some would say that the series win was due to the Cubs’ nucleus of young talent finally realizing its full potential. I would have to disagree. I would say that the Cubs beat the Cardinals in the NLDS because it was fate.

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SCAZZERO | The Cubs Are Still in It

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By SOPHIA SCAZZERO

Earlier this year, I wrote a column on how the Mets have been having a record breaking and whirlwind year. Today, I am writing about another team that is poised to have another landmark year, the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs are my hometown team and though I have not followed them religiously, it is almost impossible to ignore the reputation the Cubs have in the Major Leagues. Their miserable luck for the past 100-plus years is infamous. The TV show Scrubs had a killer line in illustrating the agony of being a Cubs fan with, “How depressing is it being you?